35,882 stories from The Stage
Reworking Mary Shelley's seminal work of gothic sci-fi for the digital age, the National Youth Theatre's Frankenstein explores the line between artificial
Eugene O'Hare's debut play The Weatherman prompted mixed reactions when it premiered at London's Park Theatre earlier this year. His follow-up is
Producers of the touring production of Thriller Live have been accused by dancers of offering pay that in some cases falls below
Opera has long had a shortage of women in creative and leadership roles. Does Annilese Miskimmon's appointment at English National Opera signal
When he wasn't busy composing musicals as impressive as On the Town, Candide, West Side Story and Wonderful Town plus a slew
Speaking to The Stage in 2015, soon after his 75th birthday, Michael Billington pondered the possibility of retirement. "I don't intend to
Julie Atherton has the best mournful, half-cut stare into the middle distance I've ever seen on stage and she puts it to
Grief can be a blinding experience, but it can also give clarity of sight. This is what happens to Sal, the bereaving
Jonathan Miller's English National Opera Mikado " which transfers the operetta's action from Japan to a British grand hotel in the 1930s
Michael Billington, the Guardian's chief theatre critic, has announced he is stepping down from the role after nearly half a century. Billington
Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell's take on Death of a Salesman captures the greatness of Arthur Miller's play, and at the same
How did you start off in costume? Not via the traditional routes. My background is in fashion, pattern cutting and garment construction,
In 2013, I directed Can't Stand Up for Falling Down by Richard Cameron for York Theatre Royal, where I had been working
Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Ros
One of Stephanie Bain's key responsibilities as literary manager for London's Almeida Theatre is scouting artistic talent. She tells Amber Massie-Blomfield what
How do you preserve a work culture? This question has been on my mind recently as I watched a number of beloved
Phoebe Eclair-Powell has been named the overall winner of the 2019 Bruntwood Prize for playwriting. Her script Shed: Exploded View spans 30
Robert Chesley's play Jerker has always been controversial. When it premiered in 1986 in Los Angeles, scenes that were performed on the
The National Theatre is to phase out pre-recorded announcements that use gender-specific terms. It comes as Equity urges venues to "consider adopting
Originally commissioned by Scotland's Catherine Wheels Theatre Company in 2011, playwright Robert Alan Evans' adaptation of Barry Hines' 1968 novel A Kestrel
There's no shortage of spectacle in David Bintley and Galina Samsova's production of Giselle. As befitting this most beloved of Romantic ballets, Hayden
Musical theatre specialist Paul Gatehouse tells Fergus Morgan about scoring a number one hit with a South Korean boy band, producing live
The shortlist for the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards has been announced, with nominees including Hayley Atwell, Robert Icke, Andrew Scott, Juliet
Now touring the revival of her one-woman show Fallen Fruit, written in 2010, Katherina Radeva tells Ruth Comerford how the piece was
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, a show about Vaclav Havel, the former Czech Republic president and playwright, will
